2 Corinthians 11:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ What I am saying in regard to this boastful undertaking, I am saying not with the Lord’s authority but as a fool;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ What I say by way of this confident boasting, I say not with the Lord's authority [by inspiration] but, as it were, in pure witlessness.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ I’m not saying what I’m saying because the Lord tells me to. I’m saying it like I’m a fool. I’m putting my confidence in this business of bragging.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ What I am saying is not said according to God, but as if in foolishness, in this matter of glorying.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ That which I speak, I speak not according to God, but as it were in foolishness, in this matter of glorying.

2 Corinthians 11:17 Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:12

To the rest I say—I and not the Lord—that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.

1 Corinthians 7:25

Now concerning virgins, I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

1 Corinthians 7:6

This I say by way of concession, not of command.

2 Corinthians 11:1

I wish you would put up with me in a little foolishness. Yes, do put up with me!

2 Corinthians 9:4

otherwise, if some Macedonians come with me and find that you are not ready, we would be put to shame—to say nothing of you—in this undertaking.